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Explosive, quick guard who can XAVIER DAVENPORT shoot and use his athleticism to get SENIOR - G - 6’3 - 180 - BROOKLYN, NY (NAVARRO COLLEGE) to the rim ... Played in 31 contests and 13.3 minutes per game on MIN PTS RBS AST FG% 3FG% FT% HSU’s 2020 GAC Championship 20-21 28.0 5.0 4.0 0.0 50.0 50.0 0.00 team ... Had a career-high 11 points on the road at Harding (12/7/19) ... Career 19.4 5.8 2.0 1.9 42.1 29.6 60.7 Earned his first start vs. SAU (1/7) 0 Arkansas product who has waited GRAHAM CHENAULT / SHIN-ALT his turn each of the last two years ... A strong shooter and high IQ RS-SOPHOMORE - G - 6’2 - 180 - BAUXITE, ARK. (BAUXITE HS) player ... Played in seven games MIN PTS RBS AST FG% 3FG% FT% as a true freshman in 2018-19 but 20-21 15.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 missed last season due to injury ... Earned his first career start vs. Career 5.7 1.0 0.0 0.2 30.0 40.0 0.00 SAU (1/7) 1 Scoring transfer guard who will DAMIAN DEAR be counted on offensively ... An JUNIOR - G - 6’0 - 175 - JACKSON, MISS. (SW MISSISSIPPI CC) honorable mention Top-100 JUCO prospect in Mississippi ... Averaged MIN PTS RBS AST FG% 3FG% FT% 14.5 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3.8 20-21 18.0 15.0 0.0 0.0 55.6 40.0 1.000 assists per game last season ... Career - - - - - - - Scored 15 points off the bench in his debut vs. SAU (1/7) 2 Terrific athlete and high-energy JEREMIAH TONEY / TOE-NEE forward ... Can be a mismatch as SENIOR - F - 6’5 - 200 - LITTLE ROCK, ARK. (ARK.-FORT SMITH) an undersized big man against bigger, slower players ... Shot 47.5% MIN PTS RBS AST FG% 3FG% FT% from the floor last season ... Had a 20-21 37.0 22.0 11.0 1.0 56.3 0.00 57.1 career-high 22 points, as well as 11 Career 13.1 4.7 3.3 0.4 48.7 18.2 53.4 rebounds, in the season opener vs. SAU (1/7) 3 True freshman guard who im- JOSH MASON pressed in fall practice and has FRESHMAN - G - 6’2 - 180 - NIXA, MO. (NIXA HS) earned himself a chance to play in his first collegiate season ... A 2020 MIN PTS RBS AST FG% 3FG% FT% All-Class 5 District 11 selection in 20-21 9.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 Missouri as a senior ... Averaged Career - - - - - - - 14.5 points and 2.5 assists per game for Nixa HS 4 Winner, leader and lockdown de- QUAWN MARSHALL fender ... Played in 26 games and SENIOR - G - 6’2 - 177 - LITTLE ROCK, ARK. (COFFEYVILLE CC) was a key member of the Reddies’ title team rotation ... Averaged 1.9 MIN PTS RBS AST FG% 3FG% FT% steals per game and had 15 games 20-21 28.0 10.0 2.0 11.0 28.6 50.0 1.000 with multiple steals ... Makes win- Career 19.4 5.8 2.0 1.9 42.1 29.6 60.7 ning plays ... His teams are 138-27 since his junior year of HS 5 Big, strong guard who could play HENRY BLAIR valuable minutes off the bench ... JUNIOR - G - 6’3 - 215 - LUDOWICI, GA. (LAGRANGE COLLEGE) Transfer from LaGrange College in Georgia ... Played in 25 games for MIN PTS RBS AST FG% 3FG% FT% LaGrange in 2019-20 and averaged 20-21 - - - - - - - 11.6 points and three rebounds per Career - - - - - - - game ... First player in his HS’s his- tory to score 1000 career points 11 Versatile G/F hybrid ... Trans- YURI SWINFORD / YUR-EE fered to HSU after two seasons JUNIOR - G/F - 6’6 - 185 - BLOOMINGTON, IN (MILWAUKEE AREA TECH) at Milwaukee Area Tech ... Was a 2019-20 DII JUCO All-American and MIN PTS RBS AST FG% 3FG% FT% the North Central CC (N4C) Player 20-21 3.0 3.0 1.0 0.0 1.000 0.00 1.000 of the Year ... Shot 65.1% from the Career - - - - - - - floor ... Led the Stormers to a 31-1 record and No. 1 national ranking 12 Able walk-on with good size and CARSON CATES skill who could see minutes at SOPHOMORE - G - 6’5 - 190 - BENTON, ARK. (BENTON HS) the end of big wins ... Played in six games in 2019-20 ... Scored MIN PTS RBS AST FG% 3FG% FT% baskets against both Paul Quinn 20-21 - - - - - - - College and Texas College ... Was Career 1.6 0.7 0.8 0.0 50.0 0.0 1.000 2-for-2 at the line and grabbed three rebounds vs. Texas College 13 Lethal JUCO shooter who will look JAELIN FERRELL / JAY-LIN FAIR-ULL to replace graduating long-range firepower ... Made 123 3-pointers JUNIOR - G - 6’1 - 185 - LOUISVILLE, KY (OWENS CC) for Owens CC last season; fourth- MIN PTS RBS AST FG% 3FG% FT% most of any JUCO player in the 20-21 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 country ... Shot 41.7% from three (123-of-295) ... Made nine 3-point- Career - - - - - - - ers in two seperate contests 20 Big man of the future who carries TOMISLAV MIHOLJCIC / TOM-EH-SLAHV MEE-HOLE-CHEECH a mean streak ... Soft touch around SOPH. - F - 6’11 - 260 - BELGRADE, SERBIA (SOUTHWEST CHRISTIAN) the rim, great size ... Will look for his role to expand as a sophomore MIN PTS RBS AST FG% 3FG% FT% ... Played in 14 games as a fresh- 20-21 7.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.000 man and scored six points with two Career 3.7 1.4 0.9 0.1 56.3 0.00 25.0 blocks vs. ATU (11/18/19) 21 2 • HENDERSON STATE BASKETBALL GAME NOTES • 2 HSU FAST FACTS GREAT AMERICAN CONFERENCE STANDINGS Location: Arkadelphia, AR Founded: 1890 GAC OVERALL Enrollment: 3,568 Nickname: Reddies EASTERN DIVISION W L Pct. W L Pct School Colors: Red and Gray Arkansas-Monticello 1 0 1.000 1 0 1.000 Affiliation: NCAA Division II Harding 1 0 1.000 1 0 1.000 Conference: Great American Southern Arkansas 1 0 1.000 1 0 1.000 President: Dr. Jim Borsig Arkansas Tech 0 1 0.000 2 1 0.667 Director of Athletics: Shawn Jones Henderson State 0 1 0.000 0 1 0.000 School Website: www.hsu.edu Athletics Website: www.hsusports.com Ouachita Baptist 0 1 0.000 0 1 0.000 MBB Twitter: @ReddiesMBB Athletics Twitter: @ReddieAthletics WESTERN DIVISION W L Pct. W L Pct All-Time MBB Record: 1315-1072 (.550) Southern Nazarene 1 0 1.000 1 0 1.000 All-Time GAC Record: 93-100 (.481) Southwestern Oklahoma 1 0 1.000 1 0 1.000 Conference Titles: 17 Oklahoma Baptist 1 0 1.000 1 1 0.500 NAIA/NCAA Tournament Berths: 15 Northwestern Oklahoma 0 1 0.000 2 1 0.667 NAIA All-Americans: 18 East Central 0 1 0.000 0 1 0.000 NCAA All-Americans: 9 Southeastern Oklahoma 0 1 0.000 0 1 0.000 THE JIMMY ELGAS FILE Jimmy Elgas enters his fifth season as Henderson State’s men’s basketball coach in 2019-2020. Elgas joined the Reddies in April of 2015, becoming the 28th head coach in the 105-year history of the basket- ball program. In his five seasons, Elgas has revitalized the program in Arkadelphia and has been named one of the 15 Up-And-Coming coaches in all of NCAA DII and NAIA basketball. The 2019-20 season saw the culmination of Elgas’ five-year build of the program, as Henderson fin- ished 23-8 overall and captured the 2020 Great American Conference Tournament Championship with three wins in three days in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. The tournament title was the first conference champi- onship of any kind in men’s basketball since 2006-07 and earned HSU an automatic berth to the NCAA DII Tournament for the first time in more than a decade. Among the many accomplishments during the championship season were a 13-1 record in the Duke Wells Center, two wins over rival Ouachita Baptist, a contest against Southeastern Oklahoma that was featured as the NCAA DII Showcase Game of the Week, and a field goal percentage defense that was ranked inside the Top-10 in the country for the en- tire year. The Reddies also set a new record for GAC wins in a single season with 15, while their 23 total victories were the most for the program since 2006-07. After steady improvement in his first three seasons, the 2018-19 campaign was the best to date for Elgas’ bunch and the best season for the program in over a decade. Despite being picked 11th in the YEAR BY YEAR RECORD league’s preseason poll, the Reddies won 19 games, including a new program record 13 GAC contests, to finish fifth in the conference and earn their second bid to the GAC Tournament in Elgas’ tenure. In Season Overall GAC Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Henderson notched its first GAC Tournament victory since 2013 with a win over 2015-16 9-19 7-15 rival Southern Arkansas to advance to the GAC Semifinals. 2016-17 16-13 11-11 During his first season at Henderson (2015-16) the Reddies finished with a 9-19 record overall and a 2017-18 14-14 9-13 7-15 mark in Great American Conference play.